"Rumble ......"

A few days later, outside the city of Rickstead, the movement of the cavalry galloping unabashedly echoed on the mountain walls and ice valleys, but it was a reassuring presence in the ears of the ordinary ice field residents who helped the old and the young to line up in an orderly long line to the city.

Since a year ago, Ash, who inherited the legendary weapon of the ancient queen of Freljord, has been patrolling around with the strongest cavalry in the ice field built by the family of the cold and bitter cold tribe.

This is not only to quickly clear out the once relatively active bandits on the ice field, but also to declare power to the scattered villages and towns in the distance.

Eventually, the inhabitants of the frozen land, who had been sheltered by the cavalry, began to spread the legend of the army and the ancient ice bow as they reappeared.

When Ash, armed with an Avarosa icicle bow a few months ago, finally ascended to the top and raised his arms and shouted, the villagers scattered across the ice fields who desperately wanted a stable life gathered like bee ants from all directions to the expanding city of Ricostead.

In addition to the half-finished walls that were gradually erecting and giving people a sense of security, what reassured them was the faith that came from the people chosen by Avarosa.

"One tribe, one people, one Freljord."

"Avarosa !!"

"Long live the Queen!"

The respect they had received from the cavalry was a source of emotion for Lux, who had been in contact with the army since she had been a child, and it also heightened her curiosity, and now she really couldn't beat away the desire to see the queen with such prestige with her own eyes.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, Commander, I seem to think these people are talking about Avarossa...... Is that the name given to your team? ”

Ezreal, an informal historian and archaeologist and knowledgeable scholar who had a wealth of knowledge in both fields, unconsciously touched his nose and asked the commander of the cavalry regiment next to him, whose body was as straight as a javelin.

"Yes," said Rode, who heard the question, with a strong sense of pride in his tone, "We are all part of the Avarosa Cavalry Regiment - and this cavalry regiment belongs only to Her Majesty!" ”

"Well, of course...... Her Majesty ......"

The cavalry commander Rod's answer made Ezreal from Piltover very uncomfortable, in the political structure of this technological city-state, the army should belong to the people.

Lux, who was also a member of the aristocracy, was a bystander to the embarrassment of his companions, and a qualified envoy should not dictate the political structure of other countries.

Thankfully, the embarrassment didn't last long, and before Ezreal could find a new topic, Rhodes was already whipping forward.

It was a small group of herald knights who had rushed out of the near-finished gates, and after conveying the order from Her Majesty to the commander of the cavalry regiment, they had returned to their lives without stopping.

Perhaps the next moment would be the moment to decide the fate of this mini-leggy group, and before Captain Rhodes returned, Lux, who was surrounded by a group of cavalry, smiled apologetically at the 'explorers' beside her.

Although Ezreal experienced some struggles at first, this guy who used to be very important to his possessions, before Lux was carried away by the cavalry, resolutely handed over the 'Ice Vein Gauntlet', which can greatly enhance his spell-casting ability, to Captain Rhodes, and bravely came to accompany the girl.

Riding alone, Rhodes returned to the cavalry regiment and, after selecting an elite army to escort the would-be guests with him, ordered the remaining soldiers to return to the barracks under the leadership of his deputy.

Passing the rugged gates of the Northlands, Ezreal and Lux rode behind Rhodes with some curiosity, admiring the sacred place that had been reborn from the ashes.

The majestic and cold palace that immediately greeted them when they entered the city and had some vicissitudes of life, and the half-height city walls and countless clusters of new houses under intense construction around the two of them at this time intertwined, making the two of them have the heroic feeling of witnessing the arrival of a new era.

After riding for a short time, the two people who sighed again and again came to the foot of this majestic palace, and the surrounding scenery slowly changed to match the vicissitudes of the palace.

If you stand on the palace carved out of the mountain wall, you can distinguish at a glance from the nearby ice-cold ascetic tribe settlements and the new city with the settlements in the distance.

However, after the new queen Ash stepped on the throne, she felt that this palace was too lofty and required a lot of manpower and material resources to operate, so she was named a special temple for sacrifices, saving resources to unite the people who had been scattered in the ice field.

Reluctantly retracting his gaze from the crystal ice palace, Ezreal dismounted with Lux and walked towards the Queen's palace at the foot of the mountain.

For various reasons, the four yodelers, warrior monks, and demon foxes, who did not hand over their weapons to Rhodes, or who volunteered to stay in the rear, dismounted and waited outside the palace under the vigilant gaze of the guards around them.

"Hey~~ I blame them for not taking care of my mushrooms, I really want to go in and visit the palace of this magical country~"

Little Teemo, who was wearing a snow-white coat and had two fluffy ears on his head, tiptoed to check the door while saying with regret.

But he was glanced at by the demon fox who was quite unhappy with the environment in the northern country: "What's so nice about a cold and dead place, hum!" ”

Ahri's words are not bad, although this is the queen's palace, in fact, it is just a large mansion, and the new queen is not willing to spend more money to maintain the old palace, let alone use precious resources to build a new palace.

In the palace, Rhodes led four or five cavalrymen, accompanied by the queen's guards, escorted Lux and the two of them all the way, until the gate of the courtyard, which was used as a temporary meeting place, did not stop.

After all, the origin of these so-called envoys is unknown, and although they have handed over their respective magic weapons, it is still difficult for Rhodes to rest assured of the two.

Ezreal accompanied Lux into the room and stood still, when a group of footsteps could be heard in the side hall.

The two of them looked away, and there were three people in front of the clustered soldiers, and the first person who caught their attention was the man in the helmet with strange horns.

Ezreal's mind flashed through the information he had obtained from talking to Rod, and judging from the alien broad-bladed broadsword behind this man, it should be the head of the barbarian spy who ambushed them - the 'Barbarian King' Tydamir.

After reaching a conclusion, the unhappy 'explorer' quickly cut his eyes.

It is no wonder that he did this, and later learned from Rhodes that the original mission of the cavalry was to patrol the area where the avalanche had unfortunately occurred, and to rescue those who might be affected.

Then the two men at the front made Ezreal a little suspicious.

Although the beautiful woman in it wore an undoubted crown on her head, for a moment he felt that another middle-aged lady with a dignified face was the owner of this land.

One of the reasons for this illusion was that he could hardly believe that a queen with such cohesion could be so young, that Piltover might not even be old enough to enter the Academy of Magic; The second is that the middle-aged woman exudes a powerful aura that is not inferior to the queen, so that he doesn't understand what the people in this kingdom are doing.

But Lux, who is more politically sensitive, has a little thought in her eyes with anticipation and curiosity.

A country is in ruins, and the long-term rush makes Ash's eyes tired, and she doesn't have much politeness after she sits down, suppressing the curiosity in her heart and listening to Lux tell the identity and purpose of the group.

Envoys from the Commonwealth of Demacia, the Yodel Volunteer Escort from the Free City-State of Bandel, the Trained Warriors of the Ionian Kingdom, and the Parliamentary Envoys of Piltover.

Both envoys are true and can be confirmed, and if what Lux says is true, then it seems that a storm is about to come beyond the Northlands, and this is an opportunity for the Icefields.

Thoughtfully, Ash, who had worked hard for the people of Freljord, needed time to respond to the request of the powerful neighbor's envoy, Lux, to return to Demacia as soon as possible to warn them.

Uniting all the people of Freljord into one nation is not something that can be achieved with a slogan, as evidenced by the two men sitting beside Ash at this moment.

Tedamir looked disdainfully back and forth between the two envoy papers resting on the table, and it was clear that he would not let anyone who had anything to do with that night's tragedy go so easily.

The current leader of the Frost Guardian Clan, Lisandro, who had already sworn an alliance with the Ice Ascetic Clan, prevaricated Ash for various reasons and delayed moving the clan to Rykostead, the future capital of the Icefield Kingdom of Freljord.

Suppressing the exhaustion in his heart, Ash finally rejected Lux's request and placed them in a post house with good 'security guarantees'.

Lux, who got up to say goodbye, swept her gaze back and forth between Ash and the people around her, and finally stopped the words that had come to her lips.

Now it's a real diplomatic exchange, and you shouldn't show all the cards in your hand to the other side at the first time.

Sent to the palace, Rhodes even returned the 'Explosive Wand' and the 'Ice Vein Gauntlet', and then escorted Lux and his party into the post house before leaving.

"Huh? This is... Still can't we go? ”

Listening to Lux's story of Teemo was a little regretful, he didn't like the feeling of being 'noticed' in particular.

"Well, since leaving Piltover City, we haven't had much chance to rest, so let's adjust and relax in the past two days......"

Looking up at Ezreal, Lux nodded to reassure him, although she also hoped to return to Demacima as soon as possible, if war was inevitable, it was also part of her responsibility to be able to find more allies for the Federation.

The night in the Northland is always a little less, and the envoy team that has eaten dinner is sitting in the courtyard of the post house, talking about the palace that looks like a giant beast in the night not far away, but an uninvited guest comes to the door.